Auto-kitchenette.



T. HACKERSON.

AUTO KITCHENETTE.

APPLlCATION FILED MAY 23. 1911.

lutentod Nov. 26, 1918.

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I 5%wgma studs and other or icles and also EHOIlZi-S HACLEBSGN, 035' NEWARK, "Lilli-l AUTO-KITCHE1 Specification of Letters Eatent.

Application flee. 338, 1917'. Serial 17D To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, THOMAS lileoczsesoxv, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark in the county of Kendall and State of Illinois, have invented certain new-anti useful. Improvements in AutoKitchenettes, of which the following is e speciiice ion, reference being had therein to tl' RCiIOJ'I psnyiilg driiwin c This invention, relates to o kitclier or conin'iissary device designed Pilltlfilllarly for i eutomooil and others, for convenience in carrying food to be set up for use as a table, whereby an article of general utility t csiiipers, pic- Iiickers outing parties and tourists sfforded.

The primary object of the invention is to provide s device of this character which simple of construction, compact in for-iii, adapted to be readily carried spoi t hicle, and capable oi being conveniently moved for use as occasion 1T1.

A further object tie invention. provide a device 01" this character will serve the purpose of e reifrigcrilcr as a receptacle for a portable stove and cooking utensils. and as a table which can be properly leveled and setup on unseen ground. 7

A still further object of the invention is to provide it device-of this character which may be manufactured and sold at e comparativey low cost, which may made as ornamental as desired, and which embodies other advantages and conveniences hereinafter set forth. i

With these and other. objects in view invention consists of the features construction, combination and of parts hereinafter fully described incl claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure l is a perspective view of the device in closed condition and as adopted to be applied to the running board, fender or trunk rack of anautomo'bile.

Fig. 2 is a view of the device as for use as a table, and with the drawer and refrigerator door open and one of the leaves swung upwardly to admit drawer and compartments of the casing.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal transverse section through the casing ii the limo of the set up I access to the Sliding; drawer and upper portion oi the refrigerator compartment Fig. 41: is a fragmentary Gilli View oil the *levice, showing a modified form of attack .ng means. 1

in carrying my invention into practice 1' provide kitchenette or ccinmissary de- 'ce comg'n'isiiig a oblong recteogular box or casing l en'iliodying a base or bottom wall 52, e rear wall 3, end walls i and 5, a top wall 6, end ashort fr ct Well i The interior of the cox or casing thus 'decl at central transverse partition 8 mic coctipsrtments 9 and 10, which compartments are or may be closed at the rear of the casing by Well and are open the front of the to substantially the full depth of the casing, the short Well 7 being employed at the front solely for the mr ccse of forming; sha low chambers at the l, of the coillllitfiiilllts S and 10 to retain and hold articles from displacement v The upper portion of the coni -ertmect 9 piiii'icied Win! e short front i 5W1}? well ore with -o w ll 3, end W emotion chem to recei e sliddrawer This drawer is o receive 21, small oil stove o i r'iiteole cooking stove, together with table articles, and has its fro-n tially cut air e33 as indicated at 13. Ior convenience 111 inserting and rem ving the ":sicg and drawer receiving cliv is provided with one or lidiiig e :3 trays tlidebly Lflilllificl in grooves m the inner laces of the Wells 4 and 8. These trays or grooves Li inlay oeei're'nged in tli upper port of the compartment 9 immediother cooling media may be placed to keep the sontenis of the comigartment cool thus providing a refrigerator which will be found. of convenience in preserving perishable articles. Perishable food stuffs of any kind may be placed upon the lower shelf and in the lower chamber of the compartment ll), so that a comparatively large amount cl food stuffs may be carried, sufficient for a number of meals or to accommodate a computatively large number of people.

The comparti'uent i0 is provided with a door 17 eby it may be kept closed at all times in an air tight manner to keep the temperature therein at a low degree, and

' this door 17 is arranged to swing so as to rest at its free edge against lire front of the central parti on and close snugly against the base of the compartment" 10 and tinfront Wall or strip 7 Any suitable means for securing: the door 17 in closed position may be employed if desired.

Leaves 18 and .19 are hinged at their upper or relatively inner edges to the sidc edges of the top wall 6 and are adapted to. be swung downwardly upon the sides of the CaSing to fold the device in com pact form, as shown in' Fig. l, the leaf 19 when swung downward also sci-ring to close the compartment 9 and to form an outer closure or cover for the compartment '10. Bracliccts 20 are hinged to lhc Wall and frontcrlge of the partition 8 and have horizontal arms :21 terminating in upturned portions 22, whereby when said brackets are swung outwardly to the position shown in Fig 2 they will form supports for the lea V85 18 and 19, such leaves acting in conjunction with the top 6 to form a dining or other table. The brackets 20 are adapted to be swung inwardly against the walls 3 and 11 to-permit of the leaves being; swung downwardly into closed position, as will be readily understood.

Handles are provided upon the end walls 4 and 5 to permit of the device being;- conveniently lifted and carried, and a lockingmeans is provided for securing the drawer 12 in. closed cosition when the device is folded up for storage or transpcrtalion. To this lhe lea-f 19 is provided with lockingpin which is adapted, when said, leaf is swung downward, to pass through a slot or opening 25 in the wall ii and lie in the path of the rear wall 26 of the drawer 18, thus holding said drawer from outward movement, it will be observed that when the pin 24; is in locking position it projects through. the cut away space 13, whereby this space is made to serve a dual function.

A pair of legs 527 are provided at each end of the casing, ancllthcse legs are adapted to support the device in an elevated position when set up for use. As showmlhe legs are movable through slots 28 in end extensions of the bottom wall 2 and are provided with clamping screws 31 having headed ends which fit within under (:ll poi-lions or slots formed in the end walls l and 5. said screws being provii'lcd with nuts 25) wlmrchy the heads of the screv-xs may be drawn into clamping posiixion lo hold *helegs lixcd and against movemciu, whenmljusl'cd. The. grooves or sic-ls 30 converge in an upward dirccl'ion, thus providing for the contluctioii or drawing; together of the legs when retracted or drawn upwardly and (he extension or spreading of the legs, to form a firm support, when moved downwardly for use.

l'lach end cxlcusion Oi lhc bottom 2 is provided will] a slot 32 and filled in a grcovc on the underside of said base 2 is a head 01' plate 3 1 currj'iug a swinging bolt 3-34 provided with a wing nut 35, whereby the bolt may be swung upwardly to the inoperative position shown in Fig. 2 and clamped again; ;hcu1 1 c1-suriiucoof the base. llpon releasing the mus he bolts may also e swung downwardly so that they may be passed Through openings in u fender, run ning board or trunk rack of a vehicle and clamped by means of the nut in a manner readily understood.

In Fig. 4 l lmW' sh wn a modified form of fastening lueans embodying u U-shuped clasp 36 adapted. to embrace a running board 37 and to be secured in position'by a clamp nut 38 having a swivelcd head 39,

thus adapting the device for application to running boards under conditions Where the bolts 34 and nuts 35 can not be conveniently used.

It will be, seen from the foregoing that my invention provides a kitchenette, or commissary article which is simple of construction, compact and adapted to be easily and conveniently lifted. and transported and carried upon a vehicle, and which serves as a refrigerator and receptacle for a cooking stove and also various other Commissary articles, in addition to store-0f food supplies. It will also be seen that the device is adapted to form a convenient dining or other table, and. thus affords manifold conveniences to sutoisizs and. others in obvious ways. While cciving chamber opening through one end 7 thereof, a drawer siidsble in said chamber and having: one of its walls cut away, the wall of said chamber ad acent said cut away portion having an opening herein for alinement with said cut away portion, leaves hinged to the top of the receptacle and verenemas tically adjustable fem e tnble nd also engage the sides of the receptacle, and

as looking rojeetion' carried by one of s eid leaves emf movable through said opfiing and out ewe portion, when the heat is adjusted into engagement with the adjacent side at the reeepteoie, to lie in the path of the inner waii seid drawer and prevent.

opening thereof. 1

2. A. device of the character described comprising a receptacle having compartments and an opening, leaves hinged to the top of said receptacle to swing upwardly into the plane of he top thereof and downwardly upon the sides of said receptacle, folding brackets for snpgorting said leaves in a horizontal position, a sliding drawer at one end of the receptacle and having an opening which ehnes with the opening 111 said reoeptacle, and a pm earned by one of the leaves and adjustable through said open-' ings end into the path of the rear Wall of said drawer, when the leaf isswung downwardly for locking said drawer in closed position.

3. A; device of the character described comprising a receptacle provided with compartments' open at one slde thereof, a door Y for oiosing one of the compartments to the enclusion of the other, the receptacle being' provided with a drawer receivmg chamber at the top of the other compartment andopen through one end otsaid receptacle;

drawe slidably mounted in said chamber and heving its front well cut away on the side facing the other well of the chamber,

the letter having an opening therein for ,alinementwith said cut away portion of the drawer, leaves hinged to the top of the reoeptaole so as to be SWllIl upwardli to form to lie in the path of the rear wall of thedrewei and hold said drawer from opening movement.

In testimon whereofI hereunto signature in t e resence of two withem T OMAS HACKERSOH;

Witnesses:

E. L. DENNEY,

Li J. Jo rmsow. 

